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RAX120 Firmware 1.0.1.122 (27 APR 2020)
NETGEAR has released new firmware for the RAX120 (see here): New Features and Enhancements * Supports NETGEAR Armor * Improves the device type and model detection Bug Fixes * Clients were una...
Just updated. The issues I faced with older firmware occur randomly so I have to wait to see if those actually got fixed.
Other than that some obvious things I noticed:
1. RAM usage is about 20mb higher than what I seen on .118
2. The Attached Devices list now recognizes devices more accurately with images for them
3. Netgear Armor support... (maybe that is where the RAM went)
Hopefully this fixes those stupid disconnect issues.
Upgraded the RAX120 firmware from 1.0.1.118 to 1.0.1.122 using the “ADVANCED | Administration | Firmware Update | Locate and select the upgrade file on your hard disk” process, without performing a factory reset. At present, the router appears to be stable.
Consistent with the observation of dj2819, memory usage appears to have increased by 74MB (without enabling the NETGEAR Armor service).
over a day now. so far no random disconnects.
.122 has been solid for the past couple of days now with a couple exceptions...
- Unable to access the USB device using the ReadyCLOUD portal, as reported earlier. (Device access still works.)
- Cannot change some device icons via the Nighthawk app. (These devices connect to my Netgear extender.)
I did not do any factor resets, reboots, etc. as part of installing .122. I simply used the "Upgrade" button on the Nighthawk app and, minutes later, it was functioning just fine. YMMV.
For me, the past couple of months or so, .118 has been solid, no disconnects, slow-downs, reboots, spurious factory resets, etc. If have no explanation as to why things settled down for me. I was having these issues when I initially installed .118. After a couple of pin-hole factory resets, the router finally just settled down and I've not had a single issue, not one, for quite a few weeks now. I've never rebooted the router myself during all this time.
I'm certainly not letting Netgear off the hook for what they put me through when I initially purchased the RAX120, but it's looking solid the past couple months or so. So for those out there still hoping not to brick this thing, "I've been where you are. I don't know what I did to fix it. It just starting working."
My suspicion is that it might have been this sequence that I eventually executed...
- Pin-hole factory reset on the old firmware.
- Upgrade to the new firmware.
- Pin-hole factory reset on the new firmware.
- Pin-hole factory reset on the new firmware again.
- Configure your router from scratch. Don't restore from any config files
John